Binding A Physical Port To An Irf Port - H3C S9500E Series Configuration Manual

Binding a physical port to an IRF port

To establish IRF connection, you must assign the physical ports that connect IRF member switches to IRF
ports.
An IRF port can be bound to a maximum of 12 physical ports and is known as an aggregate IRF port,
which can be realized by repeatedly executing the port group interface command. This allows two
switches to be connected through 12 Ethernet cables or fibers to increase the bandwidth and reliability
of the IRF port.
To bind a physical port to an IRF port:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter physical IRF port view
Shut down the port
Return to system view
Create an IRF port and enter IRF
port view
operates in standalone mode (if
the IRF port is already created,
this command enters IRF port
view)
Bind a physical IRF port to the IRF
port
Verify the binding configuration
CAUTION:
A combo port cannot be bound to an IRF port. For information about combo ports, see
•
Configuration Guide.
Save the configurations to the startup configuration file so that the configurations can take effect when
•
the switch is switched to IRF mode.
• In standalone mode, binding a physical port to an IRF port does not affect the running configuration of
the port. However, when the operating mode changes to IRF mode, the default configuration of the
physical IRF port restores, and you can only execute the shutdown and description commands on the
physical port. For more information about the shutdown and description commands, see
Command Reference
Use the command...
system-view
interface
interface-number
shutdown
quit
when the switch
irf-port port-number
port group interface interface-type
interface-number
display irf configuration [ | { begin |
exclude
regular-expression ]
.
interface-type
| include
12
Remarks
—
—
Required when two member
switches have more than one
pair of physical
connected.
—
Required
By default, no IRF port is created
on the switch.
Required
By default, an IRF port is not
bound to any physical IRF port.
Optional
Make sure that the binding is as
expected. If the binding is
}
incorrect, IRF cabling errors may
occur, resulting
establishment failure.
Interface
IRF ports
in IRF
Interface